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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE 99-14
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
845 AM EST WED FEB 10 1999
TO FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS... NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS... OTHER NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS... NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM THERESE PIERCE... CHIEF... HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL SERVICES
SUBJECT FORECAST RESPONSIBILITIES FOR TWENTY-ONE /21/ ZONES IN
WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND FIVE /5/ ZONES IN NORTHEASTERN
WYOMING TRANSFERRED TO THE WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN RAPID CITY SOUTH DAKOTA ...
CHANGE IN SIOUX FALLS SOUTH DAKOTA ZONE FORECAST
PRODUCT IDENTIFIER...ALL EFFECTIVE TUE APRIL 6 1999.
EFFECTIVE TUESDAY...APRIL 6 1999...AT 3:00 A.M...MOUNTAIN
DAYLIGHT TIME /0900/ UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME/...NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE /NWSO/ IN RAPID CITY SOUTH DAKOTA
/RAP/ WILL ASSUME FORECAST RESPONSIBILITY FOR TWENTY-ONE
/21/ ZONES IN WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND FIVE /5/ ZONES IN
NORTHEAST WYOMING. FOR THE AFFECTED ZONES...REFER TO
/TABLES 1 AND 2/.
SUBSCRIBERS TO THE NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ AND THE
FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ WILL NEED TO INITIATE ACTION TO
ACCOMMODATE THIS CHANGE. THESE PROGRAM CHANGES WILL REQUIRE
PRODUCT IDENTIFIER CHANGES ...E.G.... FSDZFPSD TO FSDZFPUNR.
ALSO... EFFECTIVE WITH THIS CHANGE... ZONE FORECASTS ISSUED
BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE SIOUX FALLS
SOUTH DAKOTA /NWSFO FSD/ WILL BE ISSUED USING THE PRODUCT
IDENTIFIER FSDZFPFSD. THIS REPLACES THE EXISTING PRODUCT
IDENTIFIER FSDZFPSD.
TABLE 1: FROM WSFO SIOUX FALLS /FSD/ TO RAP:
TWENTY-ONE /21/ ZONES IN WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA:
SDZ001-HARDING SDZ002-PERKINS
SDZ012-BUTTE SDZ013-MEADE CO. PLAINS
SDZ014-ZIEBACH SDZ024-NORTHERN BLACK HILLS
SDZ025-NORTHERN FOOTHILLS
SDZ026-CENTRAL FOOTHILLS
SDZ027-SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS
SDZ028-CENTRAL BLACK HILLS
SDZ029-SOUTHERN BLACK HILLS
SDZ030-CUSTER PLAINS SDZ031-PENNINGTON PLAINS
SDZ032-HAAKON SDZ041-FALL RIVER
SDZ042-SHANNON SDZ043-JACKSON
SDZ044-BENNETT SDZ046-MELLETTE
SDZ047-TODD SDZ049-TRIPP
TABLE 2: FROM WSFO CHEYENNE /CYS/ TO RAP:
FIVE /5/ ZONES IN NORTHEASTERN WYOMING
WYZ054-GILLETTE
WYZ055-SOUTH CAMPBELL
WYZ056-MOORCROFT
WYZ057-WYOMING BLACK HILLS
WYZ058-WESTON
TABLE 3: FOR THE ZONES IN TABLES 1 AND 2... THE FOLLOWING WILL
BE THE NEW PRODUCT IDENTIFIERS FOR THIS SERVICE TRANSFER TO WFO
RAP.
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION NWWS ID WMO/FOS ID
*PUBLIC ZONE FORECASTS FSDZFPUNR FPUS53 KUNR
* PUBLIC ZONE FORECAST WILL BE EXTENDED THROUGH FIVE DAYS
WINTER STORM ADVSY/WATCH/WARNING FSDWSWRAP WWUS43 KUNR
NON-PRECIPITATION ADVSY/WATCH/
WARNING FSDNPWRAP WWUS73 KUNR
FLOOD/FLASH FLOOD WATCH FSDFFARAP WGUS63 KUNR
AREA WEATHER SUMMARY FSDAWSRAP AWUS43 KUNR
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FSDAFDRAP FXUS63 KUNR
REGIONAL TEMPERATURE AND
PRECIPITATION TABLE FSDRTPRAP ASUS63 KUNR
CODED CITIES FORECAST FSDCCFRAP FPUS43 KUNR
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS... PLEASE CONTACT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE:
DAVID M. CARPENTER D. GREG HARMON
NWS FORECAST OFFICE NWS FORECAST OFFICE
300 EAST SIGNAL DRIVE 26 WEATHER LANE
RAPID CITY SD 57701-3800 SIOUX FALLS SD 57104-0198
605-341-9271 605-330-4247
WILLIAM T. PARKER
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE
NWS FORECAST OFFICE
1301 AIRPORT PARKWAY
CHEYENNE WY 82001-1549
307-772-2468
THIS AND ALL OTHER PENDING NWS SERVICE CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS ARE
AVAILABLE ON THE URL ADDRESS /IN SMALL CASE LETTERS/
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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